Recombination Speeds Adaptation by Reducing Competition between Beneficial Mutations in Populations of Escherichia coli

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About the Authors

Tim F Cooper

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: t.cooper@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

TFC conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper.

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